Opthomologist Needed? Anyone Had a Bump on Their Eyeball?! Help!!

Hey D.,
They're right about the bump on the eyeball - caused by wind. It's either on part that's nasal or on the outter corner of the eye. It gets red and irritated because it's dry. Dryness caused that part to get that way. Usually when it's not that bad - they called it a pinguecula. After a while it turned into a thicker mass called pterygium and you can have it remove and it's paid for by her medical insurance. Actually she can have it remove whenever she wants. Hope this helps. If you want a great doctor that removes these types of bumps, let me know. She's an ophthalmologists here in Plano.

I think what you have described is what I have. My optomologist described it as a callus on your eye. He said that it is caused by irritants, wind, allergies,etc. and that the most important thing to do is use rewetting drops. He also told me to never use visine because that actually has an agent in it that drys the eye out even more. Unfortunatly it is not something that goes away on its own and I wake up most days with itchy dry eyes but I just put rewetting drops in and it seems to help. Not sure if this is what she has but hope I helped a little.

An important thing your sisters partner / mother / you can look for is if she closes her eyes completely at night. If not: her eyes will dry in the open part, and that makes the bump come back every time.

I have to see it before I can give any further advice. I'm an opthalmologist, but now a SHAM. Haven't practiced here, so I can not recomment anyone. Sorry!

Good luck to your sister,
I.

My daughter had one a couple weeks ago. Her doctor said that it was irritated from allergies and gave us a prescription for allergy drops. Within a week it was gone. Hopefully it won't come back, but so far so good. The doctor said she could use the eye drops as needed.

We go to Kim Castleberry. He is here in Plano at 5900 Coit, just South of Spring Creek on the left. Plano Eye Associates West. They use all state of the art equipment and he and his staff are wonderful! ###-###-####. They could probably get her in ASAP! Good luck! J.

On the Friday previous to the weekend I noticed a bump in my right EYEBALL (not lid) on that pink part closest my nose. It's like right on top of that part and mine is also white/pink. I've noticed that my whole right eye seems to be sore, and the bump hurts pretty bad. I don't really have any advice though.... but if anyone else does please share! It really is a painful condition!

It may be too far for her, but I see Dr. Castleberry in Plano, and I LOVE him! I have really bad eyesight and he took tons of time to have me try contacts and get one that worked. After four years of wearing them, my astigmatism is gone and I can wear regular contacts!

Here is his website in case she wants to check him out:

http://www.planoeye.com/

I hope her eye gets better!